If you’re still waiting on word regarding the Miami Dolphins’ offensive coordinator search, there’s nothing to see here. Maybe it is Matt Canada. Maybe it is George Godsey or Eric Studesville. Perhaps an off-the-radar contender like Ken Dorsey will ultimately claim the position. All we know at this point is that the role has yet to be filled.
But what we do know, thanks to a busy day of reports centering the Miami Dolphins’ coaching staff, is that the team has a new quarterbacks coach in Charlie Frye. That hire was announced by the team yesterday afternoon. And the team reportedly also has another offensive assistant joining the group as well — New Mexico QB coach Jordan Salkin is reportedly being pegged for an assistant role with the Dolphins according to a report from Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports.
Sources: New Mexico QB coach Jordan Salkin is leaving for a job with the Miami Dolphins. Salkin will be an offensive assistant in Miami.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 23, 2021
Miami continuing to add offensive coaches to their staff without a coordinator seems to indicate the team knows who exactly is going to fill that void when the time comes. Perhaps the staff will arrive in Mobile, AL for the Senior Bowl this week and simply have their man in tow and the team will let everyone find out that way. The Dolphins, for what it is worth, did not confirm the hire of Salkin yesterday despite confirming the hiring of Frye.
Salkin would come to Miami from New Mexico via the University of Texas, where he served under former Longhorns coach Tom Herman as a quality control coach and the team’s quarterbacks coach starting in 2018. This hire continues a pipeline for Miami that tabs young coaches from the college level to help bolster the depth of their staff — Miami went into the college ranks in 2020 to hire Gerald Alexander and Austin Clark to their pool of assistants and appear to be once again back into the college ranks again this winter.